Party leader won't take sides in local primary

May 28, 2012|By Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel

With U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, decamping for a different district, the open Broward-Palm Beach county district he's leaving behind is vital to Democrats' hopes of taking control of the House.

"It's very important," U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, said during a South Florida swing last week.

But Hoyer wouldn't state, hint or signal who he favors in the primary between former West Palm Beach Mayor Lois Frankel and Broward County Commissioner Kristin Jacobs.